New York Comic Con Artist Alley Announced

HUNDREDS OF COMIC LEGENDS AND
RISING STARS APPEAR AT NYCC

Norwalk, CT, March 6, 2008: The New York Comic Con (NYCC) today revealed the complete roster of the comic book legends, luminaries, and rising stars who'll appear in its 2008 Artist Alley. The 2008 New York Comic Con takes place April 18-20 at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City and features Guests of Honor including Mike Mignola, Grant Morrison, and T.M.Revolution.

Artist Alley is a division of NYCC's Exhibition Hall reserved for comic book and pop culture creators -- both legendary as well as emerging -- and is a unique arena that allows for creators and fans to personally interact. Highlights from New York Comic Con's Artist Alley include Mark Buckingham, C.B. Cebulski, Colleen Doran, Danny Fingeroth, Keith Giffen, Bob Layton, Jim Lee, Rob Liefeld, Monte Moore, Rags Morales, John Romita, Jr., Jim Shooter, and Jim Valentino.

"Everything we do at New York Comic Con is about experience," Show Manager Lance Fensterman said. "While the show is only three days in April, we endeavor to create something that'll remain for a lifetime in memory, and out of everything we're planning, it's the talent and interaction in Artist Alley that may be many attendees' favorite memory."

New York Comic Con 2008's Artist Alley is the result of months of work from NYCC's team and also one of NYCC's most-asked-about attractions. The complete listing is available now at newyorkcomiccon.com and also appears below…

NEW YORK COMIC CON 2008 ARTIST ALLEY


Bob Almond
Franco Aureliani
Dick Ayers
Michael Bair
Matt "Batt" Banning
Jason Baroody
Chris Batista
Carolyn Belefski
Steve Belledin
Dan Berger
Rich Bernatovech
Simone Bianchi
Jake Black
Greg Blazer
Anna Warren Boersig
Jon Bogdanove
Ken Branch
Ivan Brandon
Mark Brooks
Charles Brown
Mark Buckingham
Rich Buckler
BUZZ
James Campbell
Nick Cardy
Joshua Carter
John Cebollero
C.B. Cebulski
Justin "Spanky" Cermak
Phillip Chan
Jeff Chandler
Bernard Chang
Sean Chen
Cliff Chiang
Dan Chichester
Kari Christensen
Lawrence Christmas
Tom Chu
Matthew Clark
Phillip Clarke
Classic Comics Press
Olivier Coipel
Eugene Commodore
Amanda Conner
Darwyn Cooke
Dan Cooney
Ed Counts
Molly Crabapple Illustration
Wes Craig
Carlos D'Anda
Peter David
Albert Debnam
Nelson DeCastro
Todd Dezago
Marko Djurdjevic
Michael Dolce
Derec Donovan
Michael Dooney
Colleen Doran
Dale Eaglesham
Tommy Lee Edwards
Steve Ellis
Steve Epting
Mark Evanier
Jesse Farrell
Ray Felix
Will Finan
David Finch
Michael Finger
Danny Fingeroth
Ramona Fradon
Gary Friedrich
Jose Luis Garcia Lopez
Ron Garney
Michael Gaydos
Randy Gentile
Keith Giffen
Sam Girdich
Basil Gogos
Dan Goldman
Dan Goodsell
Trevor Goring
Keron Grant
Michael Grassia
Scott Grimando
Geoff Grogan
Peter Gross
Yvel Guichet
Brad Guigar
Wesley Gunn
Brian Haberlin
Carissa Halston
Ryusuke Hamamoto
Craig Hamilton
Scott Hanna
Jesse Hansen
Fred Harper
Dean Haspiel
Lewis Helfand
Clayton Henry
Janet Hetherington
David Hillman
Bryan Hitch
Greg Horn
Richard Howell
Mike Huddleson
Jamal Igle
Phil Jimenez
Geoff Johns
Veronica Jones
JG Jones
Veronica Jones
Kris Justice
Paul Michael Kane
Eric Kayser
Joe Kelly
Carl Kent
Karl Kerschl
Barbara Kesel
Danny Kimanyen
J.J. Kirby
Blair Kitchen
Douglas Klauba
Chirstopher Knowles
Jim Kyle
Andy Lanning
Serge LaPointe
Bob Larkin
Steve Lavigne
Jim Lawson
Bob Layton
Jim Lee
Fred Van Lente
John Paul Leon
Tim Leong
Rob Liefeld
Mike Lilly
Lisa Lin
John Livesay
Mike Lopez
Aaron Lopresti
John Lucas
Julian Lytle
Kevin Maguire
Jason Martin
Ron Marz
Jason McKee
Mike McKone
Frank McLaughlin
Bob McLeod
Steve McNiven
Jason Millet
Welson Miu
Richard Molinelli
Christian Montalvo
Steve Montano
David Montoya
Monte Moore
Mark Morales
Rags Morales
Alex Morrissey
Patricia Mulvihill
Steve Murphy
David Nakayama
Daniel Narkrosis
Todd Nauk
Shaun Noel
Dan Nokes
Oliver Nome
Steve Noppenberger Steven O'Connell
Michaal Avon Oeming
Ken Okabayashi
Denny O'Neal
Joshua Ortega
Jean Claude Padilla
Jimmy Palmiotti
Yanick Paquette
Dan Parent
Andrew Pepoy
Marcos Perez
Khoi Pham
Caleb Prochnow
David Quiles
Rodney Ramos
Tom Raney
Jon Reed
Robert Reilly
Ivan Reis
Michael Renzine
Dan. H. Richards
Paolo Rivera
Martin Robaszewski Andrew Robinson
John Romita, Jr
Shane Rooks
Craig Rousseau
Stephane Roux
Josef Rubinstein
Steve Rude
Michael Ryan
Mark Sable
Steve Sadowski
Daniel Salgo
Alex Saviuk
David Seidman
Dave Shelton
Jim Shooter
Ryan Sias
Joe Simon
Walter Simonson
Louise Simonson
Joe Sinnott
Louis Small
Timothy Smith
Tom Smith
Sergio Solero
Christian Spollen
Joe Staton
Christina Strain
Ron Sutton
Arthur Suydam
Jonathan Syphax
Craig Taillefer
Eric Talbot
Billy Tan
Mark Texiera
Art Thibert
Andie Tong
Willard Torres
Gia-Bio Tran
Steve Uy
Tom Valenti
Jim Valentino
Fred Van Lente
Ethan Van Sciver
Ceasar Vargas
Samuel Vera
Dexter Vines
Peter Vinton
Steve Walker
Emily Warren
Lee Weeks
Graig Weich
Graig Weich
Scott Weinstein
Scott Weinstein
Chris Weston
Renee Whittersatter
Bob Wiacek
Keith Williams
Ven Yann

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